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12/02/13 - NNHS Newsletter - Silver Bells
“When Christmas bells are swinging above the
fields of snow, we hear sweet
- Ella
Wheeler Wilcox |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Sometimes I try to bring you new and obscure Christmas carols and songs. This year I decided to find comfort in the old and familiar.
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stEjTFMb940 - Silver Bells - Jim Reeves
BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkylgZFT_CM - Silver Bells - Dean Martin
BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS-MPx06Mm8 - Silver Bells - Johnny Mathis
BONUS #4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2icfjEPA6U - Silver Bells - Andy Williams
BONUS #5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djfgoGAEU4E - Silver Bells - John Denver
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bells:
| "Silver Bells" is a classic
Christmas song,
composed by
Jay Livingston and
Ray
Evans. "Silver Bells" was first performed by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid, filmed in July–August 1950 and released in March 1951.[1] The first recorded version was by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards, released by Decca Records in October 1950.[2] After the Crosby and Richards recording became popular, Hope and Maxwell were called back in late 1950 to refilm a more elaborate production of the song.[1] "Silver Bells" started out as the questionable "Tinkle Bells." Said Evans, "We never thought that tinkle had a double meaning until Jay went home and his [first] wife said, 'Are you out of your mind? Do you know what the word tinkle is?'" The word is child's slang for urination. This song's inspiration has conflicting reports. Several periodicals and interviews cite the writer Jay Livingston stating that the song inspiration came from by the bells used by Santa Clauses and Salvation Army people on New York City street corners. [3][4][5] However, an interview with co-writer Ray Evans to NPR said that the song was inspired by a bell that sat on Ray and Jay's shared office desk.[6] The song charted in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2009 when a duet by Sir Terry Wogan and Aled Jones recorded for charity reached the Top 40, peaking at no. 27.[7] |
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THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday today to
Ann Lillaston Wilson ('57)
AND Jimmy McDonald ('57)
AND 
George Konstant ('65) of VA!
Happy Birthday tomorrow to
The late
Barbara Nell Howard Floyd ('67)
(deceased 10/01/88)!
Happy Birthday this week to:
04 - William D. Dangler ('57) of VA AND
Howard
Williamson (Hampton HS - '63) of VA;
05
-
Eugene Peters ('57)
AND the late
Gene Peters ('57)
(deceased - 07/24/09)
AND
Melody Clendenin DeBerry
(Warwick HS - '66) of VA;
06 - Frances Scheinman Berkman ('57);
07 -
Jay Styles ('68) of VA
AND
Janice Pratt McGrew (Hampton HS - '67) of VA
AND
Tim Parsons ('73) of VA;
09 - Shirley Smith Langston ('57)!
http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
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THIS DAY IN WWII:
| December 2, 1942 -
Manhattan Project: A team led by
Enrico Fermi initiated the first self-sustaining
nuclear chain reaction. December 2, 1943 - A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sank numerous cargo and transport ships, including an American Liberty ship, the John Harvey, with a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas. AND..... |
From
Bill Lee (Warwick HS - '54) of NC -
11/30/10 - "Camp Patrick Henry activated"
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Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation (HRPE) General Order #1 was issued
on December 2, 1942, formally activating Camp Patrick Henry.
Carved out of 1,700 acres of thick woodland in what was once rural
Warwick County, the rough-hewn camp was located along the C&O
railroad line, fourteen miles northwest of the piers in Newport
News. Camp Patrick Henry was essentially a city; albeit a temporary
and decidedly military one. At the height of activity there, the
staff included 350 officers, 2,300 enlisted men, 175 WAC's and 1,100
civilian employees.
The camp's initial mission was to house, feed, process and entertain
troops heading overseas through HRPE. By the end of World War II,
the number of men and women who passed through the camp and then
went overseas totaled 1,412,107.
During 1944, some 2,300 German prisoners-of-war and 185 Italian
Service Unit personnel worked at the camp, doing KP, grounds'
keeping and maintenance work so that American soldiers would not
have to do such menial duties.
After the war ended, the process was reversed. The total number of
troops that came home and were processed back into civilian life at
Camp Patrick Henry reached 697,341.
The camp was deactivated in early 1946, and the land was sold for
commercial development in 1949. A sizable part of the
property became Patrick Henry Airport.
Today, many other commercial entities are located on the grounds of
what once was this vital part of the HRPE operations during World
War II.
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WOWZERONI! Thank you
so much, Bill!
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THIS DAY IN 1963:
| Monday, December 02, 1963 - Actor
Dan Gauthier was born Daniel Lester Gauthier
in
Prineville, Oregon. Monday, December 02, 1963 - Author Ann Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California. Monday, December 02, 1963 - Ice hockey player Rich Sutter was born in Viking, Alberta, Canada. Monday, December 02, 1963 - Ice hockey player Ron Sutter was born in Viking, Alberta, Canada. Monday, December 02, 1963 - Actor Brendan Coyle was born in Gampaha, Dominion of Ceylon. Monday, December 02, 1963 - Actor Sabu Dastagir (b. Sabu Dastagir on 27 Jan 1924 in Karapur, Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India) died of a heart attack in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California at the age of 39. Monday, December 02, 1963 - Runner Thomas Hicks (b. Thomas John Hicks on 11 Jan 1876 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) died at the age of 87. |
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From Ruth Ann Reece Horace ('67) of FL - 12/01/13 - "The chicken gun, a true
story":
| Too funny not to
share…sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the Space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow. The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the U.S scientists for suggestions. NASA responded with a one-line memo -- "Defrost the chicken." (True Story)
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From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 11/07/13 - "A Bunch of Ponder Worthies (in pic.
form)" (#2 in a series of 14)":
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Thanks, Shari!
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BONUS CRAFT PATTERNS (Sorry; not theme-related):
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http://myblueangels.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-simple-star-coaster.html
- Aurora
Suominen's My Simple Star Coaster http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elf-slippers-4 - K J Hay's Elf Slippers |
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BONUS RECIPES (Sorry;
not theme-related):
FINALLY: |
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From
http://www.ajokeaday.com - 12/01/13: |
| Q: Did you hear
about the fire in the bakery? A: It burned 20 cakes and 30 loaves of bread, and there were plenty of hot cross buns! |
| DATES TO REMEMBER: |
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1.Thursday,
December 5, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1955 holds Lunch Bunch
gatherings on the first Thursday of every month at Steve &
John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above Denbigh
Boulevard in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon is not
limited to just the Class of '55; if you have friends in
that year, go visit with them. 2. Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations. |
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Silver Bells
Words and Music by
Jay Livingston
(28 Mar 1915 – 17 Oct 2001) and
Ray Evans
(04 Feb 1915 – 15 Feb 2007)
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you'll hear
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
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"Silver Bells" midi courtesy of
http://www.christiananswers.net/midimenu.html - 12/02/05
"Silver Bells" lyrics courtesy of
http://washingtonmo.com/christmas/lyric/1043.htm
- 12/02/05
"Silver Bells" Image ("Do you remember these?" posted by southernbelle104u)
courtesy of
http://community.webshots.com/photo/90941512/90945125VTlqnJ -
12/02/05
Silver Bells with Red Bow clip art used to form Divider line courtesy
of
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2132/Christmas/bells.html
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
- 10/02/05
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
Marine Corps Seal clip art courtesy of the late Herbert Hice of MI - one of my Famous Marines who served in the South Pacific during WWII.
Animated Laughing Jerry courtesy
of Cookie Phillips Tyndall ('64) of VA - 06/14/06
Thanks, Cookie!
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